Chapitre 269: Catatoskr (6) : The Saintess
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Hundreds of Grelod started screaming and shouting like savages… the town heard and all people woke up!
Something they never fathomed was going on… a thousand Grelod raging in Riften breaking and destroying stuff. The guards were at a loss of what to do.
"What evil sorcery is that?! Kill that witch!"
"This is Grelod the Kind!"
"From the Orphanage!"
"Oh, Gods! She is a witch!"
"Gods save us!"
"Kill the witch!"
The situation worsened in a flick of a second.
A 'Grelod Breakout' in the night after the Market's incident is the last thing the town needs.
"Kill that witch!"
The guards started fighting the Grelods and it was chaos.
The Old Women were unexpectedly strong, swords didn't cut them this easily. Of course Jon was supporting them with Magic but that was for a good reason.
In the middle of the confusion, Honorhall Orphanage was having a chaotic scene too. All the children woke up when three Grelods started roaming in the place like zombies.
The children screamed and ran from the scary Grelods but as soon as one Grelod was about to attack Constance, the assistance of Grelod, a figure appeared and stuck down the Feral Grelod.
It was a girl in a hood who hid her face with a mask. This was Jullanar.
"Hey, take this broom, it is blessed." She handed Constance a broom.
Constance was in a shock but she took the broom right away.
As soon as she did so, the other two Grelods attacked and Jullanar defeated one with and arrow. As soon as a Grelod was struck down, she turned into nothingness.
Constance was scared shitless but as soon as her broom touched the Grelod that was attacking her, that Feral Grelod disappeared right away.
"Wow, we defeated them… oh, more are coming." As soon as Jullanar said that, another seven Grelods were sent by Jon.
"Oh, no. That's too many." Constance was freaked out.
"Don't fear, I have more Blessed… Houseware."
Jullanar came with a name to the enchanted tools Jon told Alina to enchant. These were random items that were enchanted with Holy Magic which were very effective against the doubles made by the Skull of Corruptions.
"Oh Great Kyne, Mara, Dibella, Shor, Tsun… send us the, ehem… Blessed Houseware!"
With a slight pause (for Jon to catch his breath after he almost choked on from laughter), Nefertiti showed up with a lot of items from the shadow.
"Here are the Blessed Houseware, Hoomans! Use them well… I blessed them with my paws and fluff."
And she disappeared again.
A strange silence took over the room. Even Jullanar needed some time to keep up.
"... Oh! They are blessed by the Holy Cat! Let's do this… give some to the big kids." Jullanar said.
"But… they are kids…" Constance was still scared.
"Come on, kids. It's you against that dumb bitch Grelod. The time has come to Rise!" Jullanar realized that Constance is a coward and rallied the kids.
The kids responded well and took the frying pans and the brooms from the floor. Nothing was bladed or anything, just safe daily stuff.
"Beat those Grelods up!" Jullanar led the kids towards the seven Grelods who moved slowly and beat them all.
"Good, you are brave kids. Now, we can help the rest of the town until the Saint arrives. Follow me!" Jullanar pushed the orphanage's door open.
Jullanar led the orphans to the town and started going after the Grelods that swarmed the place.
Those Grelods who were giving the Guards a hard time were nothing in front of the Blessed Houseware.
"Look, the Orphans are defeating the Grelods. They are angels!"
"Assist them! Guards, assist the orphans!"
"Hurry up!"
The scene in outside the town was turning from a bizarre mess to a bit more bizarre mess. The Orphans were taking down the Grelods like a charm.
"Here she is, here comes the saint!" Jullanar, who was among the children, pointed at the Sky as someone was floating up there.
A girl in a white dress with a blue ice armor over it. She was holding a healing staff and wearing a white cloak, half of her face was covered with a silver mask but the other half was revealing that she is an otherworldly beauty. There was a strong aura of sparkle around her as she descended from the sky.
A strong magic gushed from her as if Light mixed with Wind and Frost. It healed whoever it touched and made all the Grelods disappear.
In truth, she was just casting a large scale healing spell with some background effects of Wind and Frost Magics while Jon was cancelling the [Walking Nightmare] power of the Skull of Corruption.
The effect of this act on the people was… amazing.
People started falling to the ground crying and worshipping. Even Jon was in awe of Alina's skill in acting but it was actually not acting, she was the [Favored Child of Kyne] and her Sybil, practically the leader of the cult of Kyne who was granted higher powers.
As all the Grelods were smote down by Alina Magic, she landed on the ground gracefully. Her long black hair flowed on her shoulders and back and her red eyes gleamed behind the Mask of the Fire Keeper. The people cleared a square for her and she walked gracefully to the middle.
Jullanar was close and she rallied the orphans to stand among Alina.
"Saintess! You are the Chosen of Kyne, please guide us and reveal where the evil witch hides." Jullanar kept with her theatrical act.
Alina wanted to slap her face and she glared at Jon who was floating high in the air. As she she looked up to glare at Jon, the people were in awe and kneeled even more thinking that she is reaching to the Higher Powers.
"She is hiding over there in the alleyway. Bring her quietly." Alina gave up and decided to join the act.
Noise erupted as the people started to look in the alleyway, indeed, they found an old woman trying to hide herself and they arrested her mercilessly.
"Leave me! Release me! I am innocent! It's him! It's him! The witch's boy!" Grelod was screaming and freaking out but she was dragged in front of the people and she was put in front of Alina and the orphans.
"Holy lady, what do you think we should do?" The people asked Alina. The people were still in shock and needed guidance.
"Silence! The Saintess of Kyne will speak." Jullanar raised her hand to calm the people.
The people quietened down and looked at Alina whose appearance was dignified even more. Alina looked at the orphans around her and spoke.
"Children, how did that witch treat you?"
Fear appeared on the eyes of the children but seeing Grelod all beaten up in front of them, courage rose in their hearts.
"She… she beats us up!" A child spoke.
"She locks us in the dungeon!"
"She doesn't feed us!"
The children spoke one after the other… they turned from terrified to ugly and spoke of all the unbelievable things Grelod put them through. The townsfolk couldn't believe what they heard at first but seeing the angry children, they all understood how these kids suffered.
Jon didn't just kidnap Grelod and kill her for a reason, he wanted the whole town to experience how evil that woman is. He was angry and didn't want the woman to have a good reputation after death. In the game, after the player kills Grelod, the guards will say something like how they feel sad for an orphanage headmistress and how they thought the kids will be devastated while it was the complete opposite.
In the game, that quest's name was called [Innocence Lost] and it starts by a kid hiring an evil cult of assassins to kill Grelod after he escaped from the orphanage. It is really not something normal for a kid to do but it gets worse. When the player kills Grelod, the orphanage kids will actually celebrate Grelod's death over her corpse, no one can understand what kind of monstrosity that would turn innocent kids into such heartless beings. Jon himself didn't understand it until he lived it and finally, he managed to plan the downfall of the hag.
Now, in front of they eyes of Gods and Men, Alina is going to judge Grelod but she was still the merciful saint.
"Who will be taking care of the children then?" She asked.
"Constance will, she is our older sister." A kid replied right away.
"Where is she?"
"I am here, Holy Lady." Constance appeared in front of Alina and almost kneeled.
"No reason for you to kneel. Please, take the kids home, it is not appropriate for them to see what is going to happen next. I am no lord of this place but take care of them as the Headmistress."
"Yes yes, Holy Lady. It will be my honor."
Constance, led the kids back to the orphanage even though they wanted to see Grelod get punished but Alina's aura made them listen.
As the kids went away, Alina stared at Grelod.
She used Telekinesis and held Grelod up in the air then pushed her on a pole and a rope came from thin air and tied itself around Grelod.
"Burn the Witch!"
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Chapitre 270: Catatoskr (7) : The Heist
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In our room in the 'Bee and Barb' inn, house Dare was having a meeting. I was sitting with Nefertiti on my lap, Jullanar was feeding her strange spider Magenta that grew as large as a dog lately and Alina was checking the sealed egg.
"So, why did I have to go through that act?"
Alina was against using her powers to fool people like we did for a good reason but she did it anyway when I asked her.
"There is a good reason." I replied.
"Which is?"
"Sigh! Think of it… an old lady managed to fool the town enough to be called 'Grelod the Kind' then turned out to be a witch, what do you think the ignorant people will think of the orphans?"
"... Surely you are not saying…"
"No, I am saying. People are stupid, Alina. They will think of Constance and the orphans as Grelod's lackeys and will abuse them… How so? Well, no one spoke of Grelod abusing the kids in public before so whatever the orphans say afterward won't be believable. Also, the pig-headed people won't take words from a child no matter what." I said.
"So we had to show the public how horrifying that woman was. The orphans who saved the day were seen in a new light as children with good hearts and the people will love them and take care of them." Jull continued.
"And by you showing up and smiting evil with your holy magic, you pretty much showed the bright side of magic and how it can be a bane to the evil magic. Those locals who see magic as a bad thing will at least have an idea that good magic exists." I added.
"And we spread the faith of the Holy Cat." Jull added.
"Of course, that's above all else." I agreed.
Alina heard the reasoning of our actions and started thinking, she was a bit shocked at first but her lips curved up in a smile.
"So, I too did a bad thing which is actually heroic just like you do?"
"Yeah, basically."
"Wow!"
Alina turned all smiles. She seemed to be taking a liking on the idea of being a naughty hero.
Good grief! Sometimes I forget that they are actually young and I am the one with the mental age over 40 years by now.
"Still, you could think of all that before you take action. I am impressed."
"You should do so too, managing a town like Winterhold requires that much at the very least. You also have to be several steps ahead of anyone and plan for all sorts of situations. You will lead the town in my stead one day and you will make tough decisions." I told her something that was in my mind for some time.
Alina turned silent for a second and I could see that her expressions are becoming serious.
"Why? Do you want to leave me in Winterhold and go somewhere?"
Her question was right on the mark.
"I… I am not sure what kind of stinking fate the future holds for me but one day, maybe I'll go on an adventure or a business trip… maybe something I didn't plan for."
"You are preparing the town for Dragon attacks for Kyne's sake, what else are you not planning for?"
"... Who knows!" I just said and went up walking away.
My mind was still heavy with things I have no control over. When the Priestess of Azura came to me that day, she said things that gave me a headache till this day.
How do I plan to counter a God that is pissed off at me?
I just walked the stairs down in the Bee and Barb inn and found myself an empty table in the corner. Nefertiti came out of the shadow once she felt that my mood is heavy and took a nap on the table.
As I was sitting alone in the corner, two large hooded figures came to the inn. No one looked at them and no one cared, half of Riften are shady looking people anyway. Still, from the Magicka around them, I recognized their identities.
I picked a pebble from the ground and threw it at them, one of them noticed and blocked it with his hand, they then walked towards me.
"Jon." "Cousin."
"What's up, guys?"
These were Wulf and Jorna.
"The town is the same as we left it." Wulf said as he joined me on the table with Jorna.
"Yep, same stinking Riften."
"Did you hear about what happened last night? They say Grelod was doing some sorcery and she tried to invade the town then a Holy Lady appeared and burned her on the stake." Wulfur said.
"Oh yes, it was a grand sight."
"... Oblivion, Jon." Wulfur snapped out of the blue.
"What's wrong, man?"
"I know you are behind that! Why didn't you wait for me?"
"How the hell should I know you were coming today? Do you want me to wait for you while poor innocent children suffer?"
"..."
"Also, if you were with us, you may have finished Grelod too quickly with your hammer."
"... You are actually not wrong… But at least you should have let me do something, man. Not cool! I even brought the Fork of Horripilation with me."
"So you were planning on murdering her before me, you murderous bitch."
"Humph! Alina is the one who killed her so… do you think burning that old hag was enough? You should at least left some for me."
"Fufu! Who said we only burned her, I used the Skull of Corruption to cast [Agony] on her while she is burning, you really missed the good part."
"You cheater. We were going to kill her together."
"Haha, suck it!"
Wulfur and I started remembering the plans that we devised long ago to kill Grelod. Many years of planning but I sadly couldn't wait for Wulf. I still have the memory in my brain and I can view it on a Light Screen for him.
"Are you two fighting about how to kill an old lady in the most horrible way possible?" Bjorna interfered.
""Yes."" Wulf and I replied with a fire burning through our eyes.
"You guys are sick. I am going to see the girls." Jorna stood and went upstairs.
Wulf and I kept talking together for a while then decided to visit the orphanage together. The only one we could recognize in the place was Constance, she was one of the girls who lived in the Orphanage with us and she is a really kind person.
We left her with a sum of money and promised to send a monthly donation to the place. We then inquired about our old friends who seemed to have visited the place before us.
It also seemed that Akara was in Riften one month ago and she came to see Constance. That Khajiiti girl has grown up and became a trader between Riften and Whiterun.
After touring the city for some time with Wulfur and visiting some people, we returned to the inn and met up with the girls.
"So, what are we going to do now? Do you have anything left in Riften?" Alina asked.
"As you already know, we finished our business with the guild and I made a grand move as Catatoskr, you also made the saintess act which was a really good show…"
"And?"
"The party is still not over. I am having one last show in mind, a very… unexpected show. Something only Jull can do."
"Oh! I am listening." Jull gave me her attention.
"You have Magical Spiders in the Cube, right?" I asked.
"Yep."
"How many?"
"An army."
"A number?" Alina asked.
"I can't tell but it is too much, literally an army." Jull confirmed.
"Okay… how do you even keep them fed."
"They still didn't hatch but I keep so I keep them all sealed." She said.
"Not bad… what kind of Spiders do you have?"
"Well, I have many Jumping Fire Spiders, Oil Spiders, Poison Spiders, and Slime Spiders."
I knew the first three kinds from the game but… Slime Spiders?
"What are Slime Spiders?"
"They are failures and the majority of the spiders I have. At first, I wanted to make Acid Spiders but their internals couldn't handle the acid and started turning it into slime. They eat and poop slime so they are Slime Spiders."
"What kind of Slime are we talking about?"
"Oh! A very bad slime, it is not poisonous or anything but it is extremely slippery and hard to handle, also when it dries, it turns into a very annoying glue. Master Nurelion took some of it to make those Gwent Cards of yours."
"Oh! I remember now, the plastic-like substance… Good good. We need all the Slime Spiders you have."
"... That's plenty! I have a lot so don't blame me if you couldn't handle them."
"We can always make Anti-Slime suits. Right, Alina?"
"I am not sure what you want but I guess I have no choice anyway." Alina said.
"Don't worry, it will be fun."
"Is it something Naughty but Heroic?" Alina seemed excited.
"No, my fair lady. We are doing something evil this time."
"Oh!" Alina seemed turned down.
"So, what are we going to do?" Wulfur asked.
I took out a large piece of paper from my ring and put it in front of them. It was a full detailed map of the Ratway. Just like the difference between the Game and Reality, the real Ratway is a maze that gained its name for a bloody good reason.
"We are going to flood the Ratway with Slime Spiders. We need to make the Thieves Guild busy with them while we complete our Heist."
"And where is the target?"
I paused for a second to Wulfur's question. I then looked at the map and pointed at a certain building.
"The house of the Thieves Guild Master, the House of Mercer Frey."
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